The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-06
The Writings Of Governor Pcrry.
I Name /r,,5 (Io,ta.sor

(Ne,os and Cost1ier.)
A work which Is sure to be we'll
received in South Carolina, and which
should command general attention,
will speedily be published
The lato Governor Perry during his
life desired to publish in book form
some Of his writings, especially the
sketches of eminent American states
men, which ho had taken great pains
to render interesting. Upon his death,
Mrs. Porry, in the tulness Of her loving
appreciation, determined to carry out
bor distinguished husbands purpose.
Mrs. Perry selected about forty bio
graphical sketches Of American states-
men, including christopher Gadsdon,
of whom no life has over boon written,
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, David
Ramsay, Horny Laurens, Patrick
Henry, Chief Justice Marshall and
Fisher Ames. TO these were added
some Of tho notable speeches, addresses
and letters of Governor Perry which
have far moro than occasional value.
There are also articles which describe
the character and career of Governor
Perry and were published at the tino
Of his death. Gen. Wado Hampton
has kindly written preface to the
volume, in which ho says:
The f.iends - OF q Governor ferry,
among whom the whole people of his
native State are included, will be
pleased TO sec his literary work rescued
from oblivion and preserved in shape
worthy of it's author. Every limo that
he wrote, every word that he uttered,
on public affairs, were inspired by an
ardent patriotic desire to promote tho
best interests of his State, and, in the
light of tho great events which have
transpired in the last quarter of con-
tury, many of his utterances have
proved as pregnant with wisdom as
with patriotism. 1t is proper, there
foro, that these ntterances Of his should
be placed within tho reach of tho
yonng mon of our State, for they came
from q man whose high ambition was
to do his kuty and to servo his people.
Than this thoro can be no nobler
ambition, no higher incentive to human
conduct. During his long, eventful
and honorable career, he followed
with unshaken constancy his convic-
tions of duty, and neither tho applause
of tho people nor their censure ever
diverted him from tho path pointed
ont by hisiudgment and his conscience.
Ho always sought earnestly that which
was right, and when he conceived that
he had found it he pursued it with
undertaking resolution, regardless Of
all personal considerations. No allure
ments of political power could tempt
him to forsakc his principle or to soil
his conscience; no threats of political
ostracism could daunt him. OF him It
might we'll have been said what Henry
Clay once declared, "that he would
rather be right than to be President"
The example Of such u life as Governor
Pcrry's, so pure, so unsullied In all its
private and public relations, cannot
fail to exert II wholesome and elevat-
ing influence wherever it is known,
and In this view the following volume
possess great intrinsic value, for it
gives tho opinions, tho feelings, the
very thoughts of the writer, expressed
with perfect trankness and with COM
mondable impartiality.
Mrs. Perry's book will be published
in few weeks, and it cannot be doubt
cd that it will have large circulation.
On the part Of Mrs. Porry it Is the
expression of lifelong devotion and
admiration, and tho public it will be q
continuing memorial Of tho great
talent and high services OF one of the
mott staunch and congruous of South
CarOlina's eminent sons.